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The Self-Organisation of the Information Society 3:The Self-Organisation of the Information Society
IN3 Research Seminar June 4, 2010
Wolfgang HofkirchnerProfessor, Internet and Society, University of Salzburg, 2004-2010Associate Professor, Technology Assessment, Vienna University of Technology, 2001-
Contents
•The Self-Organisation of the Information Society. Critical Information Society Theory (CIST) 1Definition. Social formation, information society, information technology as trigger
•ICTs-and-Society theoriesDeterminants and valuesIllustration
•A Global Sustainable Information SocietyDefinitionA stage model
•Readings
Definition
Self-organisation of the information society =def. (build-up of another) social formation mediated by means of ICTs
evolution of societies
new socialformation
revolution
old socialformation
hierarchy of formations
Definition: social formation
evolution of civilisation
neolithicrevolution
industrialsociety
industrialrevolution
agriculturalsociety
informationrevolution
informationsociety
Definition: information society
hierarchy of formations
Definition: information technology as trigger
informationtechnology
industrialsociety
informationsociety
evolution of information society: part of a process that– oscillates between society and technology– is cumulative– spirals upward
ICTs-and-Society theories
• How to theorise the relation between information technology and information society is the big question in information society theory:– which of both is deemed to be the determinant, if any?– which value is attributed to the relation?
Determinants and values
values
determinants
Determinants and values
values
ways of thinking in determinants
Determinants and values
values
reductionism
projectivism
disjunctivism
integrativism
Determinants and values
values
technological determinism
social constructivism
techno-social dualism
techno-social dialectics
Determinants and values
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
social constructivism
techno-social dualism
techno-social dialectics
Determinants and values
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
technological progress = social progress
technological regress = social regress
-
social constructivism
social progress = technological progress
social regress = technological regress
techno-social dualism technological ≠ social development
techno-social dialectics -
techno-social design
Determinants and values
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
technological progress = social progress
technological regress = social regress
-
social construc-tivism
ecological
social progress = technological progress
social regress = technological regress
economic
political
cultural
techno-social dualism technological ≠ social development
techno-social dialectics -
techno-social design
InformationSociety
Spaceship EarthKnowledge for all
Participation
Fun/Leisure
Simulacrum
Plundering of the Planet
Knowledge MonopoliesPanspectron
Disinfotainment
Baroque
Global Sustainable InformationSociety
De-coupling
CommunityBuilding
Digitisation
Orwellisation
Virtualisation
Illustrations
• Manuel Castells: Network Society
• Derrick de Kerckhove: Connected Intelligence
• Luciano Floridi: The Fourth Revolution
Illustration: Castells on determinants
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
technological progress = social progress
technological regress = social regress
-
social constructivism
social progress = technological progress
social regress = technological regress
techno-social dualism technological ≠ social development
techno-social dialectics -
techno-social design
ICTs allow social networks to deploy their supremacy over hierarchical organisation.
levers for the transition:– needs of economy for management flexibility
– demands for individual freedom– micro-electronics revolution.
communication is transformed by the Internet and wireless horizontal networks: "mass self-communication".
Illustration: Castells on values
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
technological progress = social progress
technological regress = social regress
-
social constructivism
social progress = technological progress
social regress = technological regress
techno-social dualism technological ≠ social development
techno-social dialectics -
techno-social design
social systems stall creativity:– rentier capitalism of Microsoft type obstructs new models of
intellectual property rights; – the rise of mass self-communication enhances opportunities for
social change.by unveiling how power relationships are constructed and exercised
and how they can be altered powers are challenged.
Illustration: de Kerckhove on determinants
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
technological progress = social progress
technological regress = social regress
-
social constructivism
social progress = technological progress
social regress = technological regress
techno-social dualism technological ≠ social development
techno-social dialectics -
techno-social design
the Internet and the Web grow connections like a brain.connectedness seems to be an inherent goal of a self-organising
process.technological change faces us with a potential for a watershed in the
conditions of humanity:the opportunity for spectatores to become participants.
Illustration: de Kerckhove on values
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
technological progress = social progress
technological regress = social regress
-
social constructivism
social progress = technological progress
social regress = technological regress
techno-social dualism technological ≠ social development
techno-social dialectics -
techno-social design
the challenge is to make sense of the changes.we are becoming responsible for our extensions into and around the
Earth.an ethical imperative is developing in many guises.
Illustration: Floridi on determinants
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
technological progress = social progress
technological regress = social regress
-
social constructivism
social progress = technological progress
social regress = technological regress
techno-social dualism technological ≠ social development
techno-social dialectics -
techno-social design
an infosphere will emerge as the real and only environment of human beings turning them into human "inforgs" (connected informational organisms) and turning objects into "ITentities" (Internet of things).
Illustration: Floridi on values
eutopianism dystopianism pro-active-ism
technological determinism
technological progress = social progress
technological regress = social regress
-
social constructivism
social progress = technological progress
social regress = technological regress
techno-social dualism technological ≠ social development
techno-social dialectics -
techno-social design
ICTs are making humanity increasingly accountable for the way the world is, will and should be.
– the infosphere must be preserved as a common space to the advantage of all.
– we are preparing the ground for tomorrow's digital slums. the digital divide will become a chasm.
A Global Sustainable Information Society
is a vision for an ICTs-and-Society research framework
that is based upon conditions of societal development and is normative
Definition
Global Sustainable Information Society =def. a society that is
(1) capacitated – by means of ICTs – to make use of knowledge such that it is (hence "information" society)
(2) capable to act upon the dangers of anthropogenic breakdown (hence "sustainable" society)
(3) existent on a planetary scale (hence "global" society).
physico-chemical entities
biota
A stage model
human societies
living Umwelt
inert artifacts, techno-, infrastructure
(re-)cycled matter
geosphere biosphere anthropo-/sociosphere
physico-chemical entities
biota
A stage model
human societies
living Umwelt
inert artifacts, techno-, infrastructure
(re-)cycled matter ITentities(Internet of things)
inforgs (Syn-thetic Biology, genetic eng.)
networked individuals
geosphere biosphere anthropo-/sociosphere
cyberspace
A stage model
Global Sustainable Information Society
human societies
living Umweltbiota
(re-)cycled matterphysico-chemical entities
ITentities(Internet of things)
inforgs (Syn-thetic Biology, genetic eng.)
networked individuals
geosphere biosphere anthropo-/sociosphere
cyberspace
inert artifacts, techno-, infrastructure
A stage model
Global Sustainable Information Society
human societies under heteronomy
living Umweltbiota
(re-)cycled matterphysico-chemical entities
ITentities(Internet of things)
inforgs (Syn-thetic Biology, genetic eng.)
networked individuals
geosphere biosphere anthropo-/sociosphere
cyberspace
inert artifacts, techno-, infrastructure
A stage model
Global Sustainable Information Society
human societies under heteronomy
living Umweltbiota
(re-)cycled matterphysico-chemical entities
ITentities(Internet of things)
inforgs (Syn-thetic Biology, genetic eng.)
networked individuals
geosphere biosphere anthropo-/sociosphere
cyberspace for the good = Noosphere
inert artifacts, techno-, infrastructure
physico-chemical entities
geosphere
biota
(re-)cycled matter
biosphere
human societies under heteronomy
living Umwelt
inert artifacts, techno-, infrastructure
anthropo-/sociosphere
A stage model
Global Sustainable Information Society
ITentities(Internet of things)
inforgs (Syn-thetic Biology, genetic eng.)
networked individuals
community intelligence
inforg (hybrid, Cyborg) intelligence
ambient intelligence
collectiveintelligence
cyberspace for the good = Noosphereconscious evolutionevolution of consciousness
Readings
• About information society theories:(2010) A Taxonomy of Theories about ICTs and Society. In: triple-c, vol. 8, no. 1, [forthcoming] link: http://www.triple-c.at
• About Floridi's approach and the GSIS:(2010) How to design the infosphere. In: Knowledge, Technology and Policy, June [forthcoming]
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